Drought — Southwest Desert Mimbres Basin, New Mexico

2011-08-01 to 2011-08-31 · Southwest Desert Mimbres Basin, New Mexico

Event narrative

All of Luna County was in Exceptional(D4) drought at the beginning of August with the whole county at Extreme(D3) drought at the end of the month. The Deming Airport reported 1.29 inches of rain in the month which brought the yearly total up to 2.32 inches. Normal precipitation through August at Deming is just over 6 inches.

Wider weather episode

Some monsoon moisture gave a reprieve to the ongoing drought conditions, but just about all areas of Southern New Mexico remained at least in Extreme(D3) drought.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 331995. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.